by Sean Reilly | Nov 28, 2007
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s recent statement that he was reluctant to speak about his religious faith while he was in office as he felt people in Britain might regard him as a “nutter” has stirred vigorous debate. The Anglican Bishop...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 28, 2007
Proposed public service reforms by the UK government risk discrimination against employees and service users, together with negative effects on social cohesion, says a new report today – focussing on the role of faith-based providers. The British Humanist...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 25, 2007
Well, the election results have been declared and Australia has a new Prime Minister. Kevin Rudd is a practicing Anglican, of the Queensland kind, so alive to the tradition of Christian generosity rather than the moralistic parsimony that has overrun other parts of...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 15, 2007
“It wasn’t a sermon,” said Sepp Blatter with a rather grizzly gravitas: “it was a message.” This was gnomic stuff from the sun-tanned President of FIFA, the international governing body of football. I guessed it was a compliment because of the accompanying air of...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 13, 2007
As the direct, historic Christendom alliance of church and governance has weakened dramatically in recent years, so the relationship between church and state in a country like Britain has changed. It has moved toward accommodation to a set of mutually reinforcing...
